IP Library Granted Patent US 10,694,310
Granted Patent B2
US 10,694,310 · App. 16/392,228 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Audio processing device and method therefor

Inventors: Minoru Tsuji (Chiba, JP); Toru Chinen (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04S7/302H04S3/008H04S7/307H04R1/40H04S2400/01H04S2400/11H04S2400/13
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Patent No.
US 10,694,310
App. No.
16/392,228
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input unit receives input of an assumed listening position of sound of an object, which is a sound source, and outputs assumed listening position information indicating the assumed listening position. A position information correction unit corrects position information of each object on the basis of the assumed listening position information to obtain corrected position information. A gain/frequency characteristic correction unit performs gain correction and frequency characteristic correction on a waveform signal of an object on the basis of the position information and the corrected position information. A spatial acoustic characteristic addition unit further adds a spatial acoustic characteristic to the waveform signal resulting from the gain correction and the frequency characteristic correction on the basis of the position information of the object and the assumed listening position information. The present technology is applicable to an audio processing device.

Claims (20)

1. An audio processing device, comprising:

a position information correction unit configured to calculate corrected position information that indicates a first position of a sound source relative to a listening position at which sound from the sound source is heard, wherein

the corrected position information is calculated based on position information and listening position information,

the position information indicates a second position of the sound source relative to a standard listening position and the listening position information indicates the listening position, and

the second position of the sound source is expressed by a spherical coordinate and the listening position is expressed by xyz coordinate; and

a generation unit configured to generate a reproduction signal that reproduces sound from the sound source to be heard at the listening position,

wherein the reproduction signal is generated based on vector base amplitude panning (VBAP), a waveform signal of the sound source, and the corrected position information.

2. An audio processing method, comprising:

in an audio processing device:

calculating corrected position information that indicates a first position of a sound source relative to a listening position at which sound from the sound source is heard, wherein

the corrected position information is calculated based on position information and listening position information,

the position information indicates a second position of the sound source relative to a standard listening position and the listening position information indicates the listening position, and

the position of the sound source is expressed by a spherical coordinate and the listening position is expressed by xyz coordinate; and

generating a reproduction signal that reproduces sound from the sound source to be heard at the listening position, wherein the reproduction signal is generated based on vector base amplitude panning (VBAP), a waveform signal of the sound source, and the corrected position information.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

calculating corrected position information that indicates a first position of a sound source relative to a listening position at which sound from the sound source is heard, wherein

the corrected position information is calculated based on position information and listening position information,

the position information indicates a second position of the sound source relative to a standard listening position and the listening position information indicates the listening position, and

the second position of the sound source is expressed by a spherical coordinate and the listening position is expressed by xyz coordinate; and

generating a reproduction signal that reproduces sound from the sound source to be heard at the listening position, wherein the reproduction signal is generated based on vector base amplitude panning (VBAP), a waveform signal of the sound source, and the corrected position information.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-005656 · Jan 16, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15110176
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